The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-04-02
BRowNsvILLE NEWS.


Gilbert Cable on Monday last, took
charge OF the Powell district school.
G. Nj. Brown, of The Dallcs, IL visit
Ing friends In Brownsville and vicin-
ity.
John NJ. Bently, Sheriff OF UmatIlla
/ 20. was la town visiting friends during
the past week.
Don't forget that Pillsbury keeps
only the best aud latest sty yles in watches
clocks and jewelry.
After the first day of April, you can
catch trout legally, that Is if they bit.
/ n. Il. bait should be used.
! Mrs. G. III. Bone and Misses Armlnda
/ aud Lille Bone of Ilalsey visited
brownsville on "Wednesday last.
Mrs. John Brown has for the past
week undergone great physical suffer-
| ing from u severe attack of neuralgia.
The contemplated change In malt
routes took place on Monday last, all
mail matter now gbing via. the i. II w.
v. Ry.
w. r. Bargassert of McMinnville.
has been appointed postal clerk on the
L. Il w. V. Ry., between Portland and
| Cohurg.
Chinese phesants are becoming plen-
tifull I'm this section. During the past
II N. l.
I'M town limits.
Thompson Il Waters have during the
last week, thoroughly renovated, re-
modelled and repainted their store, Civ
Ing IL a very bright, cheerful look
Mrs. NJ. l.. Hamilton. Misses Florence
aud Milly skinner, and Miss Susie
Alexander, of Coberg, paid Browns
Vile friends n visit on Friday last.
Hop yard men are buisly engaged
plowing and cleaning out their hop
patches. In some localities the ground
~ getting almost too dry 10 cultivate
Thos. kay's imported bull, Tornado.
aged two years, tipped the beam at ,52u
HIS, ON saturday last. \ heifer of the
same stock, fourteen months old, weigh
cd 20 lbs.
Thos brandon passed through town
ON Monday last. with his imported
Norman Perchcrun stallion, beauti-
full coal black, II hands high, weigh
ing ,625 lis
The little daughler of William Tenn
plcton IT,, who has been 40 unwell,
that her life was for some davs despnir-
ed of, Is tending towards convaleseence.
strong hopes being entertained of her
recovery.
DIR. |. w. Starr received from Phil
Gray, of Harncy valley. n letter stating
that the SHOW had entirely disappear
ed, i'm that locality, that stock were do
ing well and had passed through the
winter with out extra care cor feed.
The old maxim, IL ''eariy to bed aud
early To RISE but If YOU wish In raise
bread, cake, etc. In manner equal to
10000 HIS. of hydraulic pressure, To the
square inch, call on t. f. Croft and
purchase one pound of Far West hak-
af-fzz aNnl.
Our calahoose seems, to have merged
into thing % the part, ANTIQUE, mus
" an m ndy for want If use, no
more ''drunks, no more disturpers of 1
the peace, halls of the blind goddess, /
iustsc n deserted, and the nnarshalis !
fees are nihility. This spceks well for /
the IN ,rality of our town.
Sabbath services at the Baptist church |
were conducted by Rev. Carpus Sperry,
who preached effective sermons morn
ing and evening. sunday school eNer- |
ciscs at 3, =. NJ, were well attended: |
at Z. NJ. a Nound peoples prayer meet /
ing, in which much interest, was evin- /
ced, was successfully held.
On Saturday evening April 2nd the /
W. &. L. L. Will give another free en- /
tertainment. To which all are invited /
very interesting programme has been /
prepared, consisting of rccitations, +
songs aud choice musical selections. /
Rev. Wooley of Ienanon and other 1
eloquent speakers will address the meet T
ing in favor of prohibition.
1t will be RENE nlbercd V our readers /
that some time past the OregoRicIH i
made mention of a young lady who had /
arrived mt Portland in search of Young l
man who had betrayed her affections /
and taken the advice, of Horace GrCely, T
gone west" On Sunday last the 4
search of the young lady was rewarded I
by nnding the truant a short distance /
from Coberg, where "a reconciliation l
was affected, and wrong made right
Letters received from Wallowa val I
ley state that the loss of stock Is not
not as heavy as anticipated. the quar-
ter loss being confined To a few isolated
bands that were overtakcn by storms,
before shelter and feed could be secur-
ed. r. II. Coshow has removed from
Lostien to Joseph, where he will enter
upon the duties of sheriff and locate
his Office. The family of T.. j. Forsv-
the have mooved to their rancho. Wal
ter Jack succeeded in saving 400 head
of sheep.
The Herald -DisSen,ildtor of March
D, made mention of the mysterious
ofSchueler Ford, "a young
man p years ef age, who recently had
bulii u house III NOburH Tor the saloon
business. On Sunday March 27, the
remains of the unforturate young man
We're found in the Willamette river,
three miles below Harrisburg. The
skull was crushed in, jaw broken, and
from all indications Schueler Ford has
been the victim of "A murder and rob
berry, as from 500 to a $1,000 which the
deceased WAS known TO have upon his
person, has disappeared and has as yet
been maccounted for.
With the coming of spring all things
begin To assume roseate hue, tn
grumbler who has been on the
coast for the past twenty years, and
'never before experienced such Internal
weather, as the past winter has been,"
has dissolved Partnership with the
stove, an rs he absorbs the warm rays,
of "old Sol, y inhales the balmy spring
breeze admits that life is bearable, even
in Oregon. Nature is putting on n
bright green mantle, and all life well
comes the invigorating spring weather.
In business circles all is activity, and
confident of 'good trade"
are receiving large and assorted stocks
of goods: business is as good as can be
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